Penélope Cruz
Spanish actress and Academy Award winner.
Penélope Cruz came into the world on 28 April 1974 in the Madrid province town of Alcobendas, Spain; her mother is Encarna Sánchez and her father is Eduardo Cruz.[1]
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Penélope Cruz Sánchez
- Born
- 28 April 1974
- Birthplace
- Alcobendas, Spain
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1989–present
- Spouse
- Javier Bardem (2010)
- Children
- 2
- Relatives
- Mónica Cruz (sister)
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
In 1998, she appeared in her first American film, Stephen Frears' western The Hi-Lo Country, speaking very little English at the time.[2] Cruz received her first Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for Pedro Almodóvar's 2006 film Volver.[3] She won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for her performance in Almodóvar's 2021 film Parallel Mothers.[4] Cruz has stated that as a child, while playing with friends, she was conscious of acting, inventing a character and pretending to be that person.[2]
Cruz served as a co-producer and also acted in the 2015 Spanish drama Ma Ma, where she portrayed a mother who receives a breast cancer diagnosis.[5]
What the cited sources add
A 2008 Sydney Morning Herald article notes that Cruz rose to instant stardom in her homeland after Jamón, jamón and found it tough to handle.[6] The same article reports that Cruz told her family at age 13 that she was going to become an actress.[6] A 2010 Interview magazine piece states that Cruz's performance in Volver earned her both Golden Globe and Oscar nominations.[2] A 2009 Vanity Fair profile describes Cruz as "poised to become a new member of the tiny firmament of actresses" who became international stars after beginning their careers in a language other than English.[7]
The same profile recounts that Cruz was "widely panned" for her role in Vanilla Sky.[7]
References
- Wikipedia, "Penélope Cruz" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Penélope Cruz Biography", Biography.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Cotillard, "Penelope CRUZ", Interview, 28 April 2010. facts only, no text reused. interviewmagazine.com
- Wikipedia, "Penélope Cruz" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Scott, "Volver – Pedro Almodóvar – Penélope Cruz – Movies – Review", The New York Times, 3 November 2006; Chocano, "Volver", The Los Angeles Times, 3 October 2006 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Penélope Cruz" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lang, "'Parallel Mothers' Star Penélope Cruz on Collaborating With Pedro Almodóvar: 'He Cannot Lie to Me, and I'm the Same Way With Him'", Variety, 17 November 2021; "French director Audrey Diwan, actress Penelope Cruz awarded with top Venice Film Festival prizes", USA Today, 11 September 2021; Lang, "Oscar Nominations 2022: 'Power of the Dog' Leads With 12 Nods, 'Dune' Follows With 10 (Full List)", Variety, 8 February 2022 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Penélope Cruz" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "CANNES Q&A: Penelope Cruz on Producing 'Ma Ma'", Variety, 15 May 2014; "CANNES Q&A: Penelope Cruz on Producing 'Ma Ma'", Variety, 15 May 2014; Harvey, "Toronto Film Review: 'Ma ma'Ma'", Variety, 15 September 2015; Jagernauth, "TIFF Review: Julio Medem's 'Ma Ma' Starring Penélope Cruz", Indiewire, 13 September 2015; Holland, "'Ma Ma': Toronto Review", The Hollywood Reporter, 15 September 2015; "Awards for Penélope Cruz", Internet Movie Database (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Barlow, "Why the lady is a vamp (Page 4)", Sydney Morning Herald, 7 December 2008. facts only, no text reused. smh.com.au
- Sischy, "The Passions of Penélope", Vanity Fair, November 2009. facts only, no text reused. vanityfair.com
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Penélope Cruz (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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